Microscopic Ear Surgery
Chronic Otitis Media (long standing infections of the middle ear) is a common ear problem. This may cause drainage from your ear, hearing impairment, tinnitus (head noise), dizziness, ear pain, or facial weakness. The symptoms that you may be having depend on the extent of the disease and where the disease is located.
Microscopic Ear Surgery
For many years and till today, surgical treatment has provided successful treatment of chronic otitis media to control infection and prevent serious complications. Advancements of surgical techniques have now made it possible to rebuild the diseased hearing mechanism in most cases allowing improved hearing.
The eardrum may need to be replaced and various tissue grafts may be used to replace it. These include the covering of the muscle from above the ear (fascia) and covering of ear cartilage (perichondruim), or covering from the skull (pericranium). A diseased ear bone may be replaced by an artificial part, a piece of cartilage, or even one of the original hearing bones.
When the ear is filled with scar tissue or when all ear bones have been destroyed it may be necessary to perform the operation in two stages. During the first stage of surgery a piece of stiff plastic is inserted to allow more normal hearing without scar tissue. At the second surgery the plastic may be removed. During the operation the area will be examined for recurrent or residual disease and an attempt for restoring hearing is performed. A decision in regards to staging the operation in to two surgeries will be made during the time of the first surgery and is dependent on the findings.
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